Definition and Usage The getTime() method returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970. Syntax dateObject.get...
Definition and Usage
The getTime() method returns the number of milliseconds since midnight of January 1, 1970.Syntax
dateObject.getTime() |
Tips and Notes
Note: This method is always used in conjunction with a Date object.Example
In this example we will get how many milliseconds since 1970/01/01 and print it:| <script type="text/javascript"> var d = new Date(); document.write(d.getTime() + " milliseconds since 1970/01/01"); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
1336832603425 milliseconds since 1970/01/01 |
Example 2
In the following example we will calculate the number of years since 1970/01/01:| <script type="text/javascript"> var minutes = 1000*60; var hours = minutes*60; var days = hours*24; var years = days*365; var d = new Date(); var t = d.getTime(); var y = t/years; document.write("It's been: " + y + " years since 1970/01/01!"); </script> |
The output of the code above will be:
| It's been: 42.39068377175292 years since 1970/01/01! |
